The effect of experimental warming and precipitation change on proteolytic enzyme activity: Positive feedbacks to nitrogen availability are not universal

Global Change Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 2617-2625

  Brzostek, Edward R ^a   Blair, John M ^b   Dukes, Jeffrey S ^c   Frey, Serita D ^d   Hobbie, Sarah E ^e   Melillo, Jerry M ^f   Mitchell, Robert J ^g   Pendall, Elise ^h   Reich, Peter B ^e   Shaver, Gaius R ^f   Stefanski, Artur ^e   Tjoelker, Mark G ⁱ   Finzi, Adrien C ^a  

^a Boston University   (United States)

^b KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^f ECOSYSTEMS CENTER   (United States)

^g JOSEPH W JONES ECOLOGICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

ⁱ WESTERN SYDNEY UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Global change; Organic nitrogen; Proteolytic enzymes; Soil nitrogen cycle; Soil organic matter decomposition

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; BOREAL FOREST; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; DECOMPOSITION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GLOBAL WARMING; NITROGEN CYCLE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL NITROGEN; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOURCE-SINK DYNAMICS; TUNDRA;

EID: 84863627464     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2012.02685.x     Document Type: Article

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